I won’t bore you too much with my opinions of the performances by Fresh Espresso, Atlas Sound and Surfer blood, as Chona has already beautifully explained it. It goes without saying though that it was an awesome lineup to kick off what seems like an amazing festival.

For any new readers I may have picked up last night, I moved to Seattle about a month ago, so I’ve never been to Sasquatch!. But I knew that in going last night I would experience something wonderful and get to see some of the area’s most enthusiastic music lovers.

I wasn’t disappointed. When the lineup was announced the crowd went from a bit somber to absolutely wild. Two girls in front of me jumped into each other’s arms screaming at one of the announcements. And with good reason: the line up is awesome.

Notable of last night though was that I was livestreaming video for After Dark and actually had quite a crowd watching. I probably peaked out at just under 400 viewers around the time of the announcement. If you were one of them: thank you. I was actually having some laughs with you guys in the chat room, though in trying to keep the camera steady, I wasn’t able to respond of course. My favorite moment was when I hit the poll button (for which I have no option to ask a question) and everyone started flipping out asking “WHAT IS THIS POLL??” “VOTE YES VOTE YES.”